Research Article

Phenolic Profile, Sugar Composition, and Antioxidant Capacities of Some Common Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars as a Potential Nutraceutical and Functional Food Ingredients

Table 2

Sugar composition of the Tunisian date palm cultivars.

CultivarsSucrose (S)Glucose (G)Fructose (F)G/F ratio
(g/100 g·FW)(g/100 g·FW)(g/100 g·FW)

T10.18 ± 0.01CD6.16 ± 0.03D4.56 ± 0.04D1.35
T20.27 ± 0.04B6.94 ± 0.04B5.18 ± 0.01C1.34
G10.14 ± 0.00D6.73 ± 0.07C5.34 ± 0.04B1.26
G20.13 ± 0.01D7.52 ± 0.01A5.85 ± 0.05A1.29
K10.19 ± 0.01CD6.80 ± 0.03C5.32 ± 0.01B1.28
K20.22 ± 0.02BC6.25 ± 0.04D4.51 ± 0.01D1.38
DN13.44 ± 0.06A2.09 ± 0.07E1.78 ± 0.10E1.17

Results are given as mean values ± SD (n = 3); data with different superscript letters in the same column are significant (); FW, fresh weight.